Do they still make draw knife's

old · Nov 9, 2017

So a friend was over yesterday had she said she had been trying to find a draw knife. She said she had checked at Lowe's and Home depot but not found them. She said the people asked her what the heck one was. I asked at Orscheln's today and got the same question as to what one was. I did let her barrow the draw knife I have had hanging on the living room wall for well over a decade. So where would one find them?? Antique store??
Thanks

544hydro · Nov 9, 2017

Rockler woodworking has them.

bjb in TX from Ne · Nov 9, 2017

Amazon
Woodcraft
Rockler
Ebay

TimV · Nov 9, 2017

Several on Amazon--link to one below, just the first thing that came up, not necessarily the best or cheapest, though at $25 it's relatively inexpensive. Woodworking stores, a decent logging outlet or saw store, and of course Ebay, garage sales, flea markets and similar places are all good sources. Use both "drawknife and "drawshave" as search terms and you'll get more hits. Of course any of the big-dollar specialty woodworking places like Lee Valley will also have them, and many custom knifemakers offer them. I've made several myself from old planer blades and even a big one from an old combine knife that works wonders for fast, rough stock removal or debarking.
drawkife on Amazon

ss55 · Nov 9, 2017

New ones are available through most wood worker's tool catalogs, but they can be spendy. If you can find a used one at an auction, flea market or garage sale they cost less, but are scarce. Any new tool will need sharpening and honing to get a good cutting edge. It would be a good idea to do the same on a used tool.

jeffcat · Nov 9, 2017

Again, if you have any good flea markets around you. Also see them show up at auctions and look into antique tool shows.

Leroy · Nov 9, 2017

Depending on how wide it is wanted. What is called a spoke shave is a draw knife of about 3" wide. So spoke shave could be a extra name to look under. I know I have both the draw knife ans spoke shave.

John Deere D · Nov 9, 2017

My Fathers DRAW KNIFE from the 1940"s:

Last used for taking the heads off a hundred Chickens:

Bob...

Duner Wi · Nov 9, 2017

Lehmans non electric has them

https://www.lehmans.com/product/straight-draw-shaves/

MarkB_MI · Nov 9, 2017

Woodcraft:
<a href="https://www.woodcraft.com/search?q=drawknife&button=search">https://www.woodcraft.com/search?q=drawknife&button=search</a>

pburg · Nov 9, 2017

I have a 10" draw-knife that's in good shape, and rarely used.

Discovered in shed attic a couple high-low beam headlamps--12 volt. "New".

At least still in the box.
Also a 6 & 12 volt Engine Anilyzer(sp).

504 · Nov 9, 2017

Farm auctions. I wanted one three years ago to skin bark for poles. I have not been anywhere to find an old one and the trees were cut up for fire wood. I still am looking for one,(just not too hard.)

funky_g00 · Nov 9, 2017

the last time i checked ace hardware sold them

Mark-Ia · Nov 9, 2017

several on Ebay

TimV · Nov 9, 2017

Actually, a spokeshave is an entirely different tool than a drawknife/drawshave. A spokeshave is meant for the fine work of bringing wagon spokes (though they work well on many other similarly-shaped objects) down from square to round, and has an adjustable blade that goes through an opening (called the mouth) in the body of the took to set your depth of cut. They're usually flat-bladed, though I have both convex and concave bladed ones as well, and even one with both a convex and flat blade in the same set of handles so you can use one or the other depending on what's needed. I'm linking Lee Valley's large model as an example as it's representative of what a common model looks like.
Lee Valley large spokeshave

steve19438 · Nov 10, 2017

yup.
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bishopNlouisiana · Nov 10, 2017

I have three drawknives and two spoke shaves. For a while when I was young I got an itch to collect old hardware tools. I got a few hand drills and a breast drill. I collected a few hand planes also. Most of the hand planes I did use over the years. Now I used electric planes.

I never used any of the others, they are sitting in my tool box of old things. When I look at them I think of my grandfather and the way they built things by hand.

Since my nephew is a machinist he would not want old wood tools so I have been thinking about EBAY before I leave this world.

JerryS · Nov 10, 2017

Grizzly.

Do they still make draw knife's

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